Recent content by davparlr

Sad and prayers for your family and loved ones. Im tired of losing friends, being 76, I'm just in in the age where this happens too often.

Happy Birthday!

oh, break my heart. One of the all times great aircraft. Hope they don't turn them into targets

Dont like this design. Those touch screens buttons will induce significant error when pulling gs and in turbulence. Also, displays are busy

The real problem with the P-59 was the pitiful top speed, 413 mph, compared to the Me 262, 560 mph, with the same thrust rating. the P-59 wing was about 60% more area than the Me 262, The P-63 wing was approximately equal to the Me 262. For those who like solving mathematical problems they...

Too bad they did not try to adapt the P-63 wing to the P-59, with 138 less sqft and some laminar flow, the P-59 may have achieved airspeed closer to desire level.

The B-47 is a long gone relic of the cold war, whereas the C-130 is still being made, amazing.

All airmen/women share in the loss.:pilotsalute: :(

Not much decision 30k Hp available at 30k F4U-1D 1390 P47D-25 2300 910 hp advantage P-47 F4U-4 1700 P47N 2800 1100 hp advantage P-47 airspeed at 30k F4U-1D 380 mph P-47D-25 420 mph 40 mph advantage P-47...

I agree with all the article said, especially the limited number of aircraft available and the importance for air defense over the homeland.

The P-51H was indeed built to lighter stress levels than the D however these new stress levels were equivalent to the British Spitefire. I don't think anyone should consider either aircraft fragile

The P-80As were pretty equivalent to the Me 262, being a bit faster at low altitude and a bit slower at high altitude, and a better climber at all altitudes. However performance was sensitive to variations associated with engine performance, which I suspect was true with all early jet engines...

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Interesting picture of the F-106 (a plane I would have loved to have flown, unfortunately all were in the Guard at the time). It shows the "six" with air to air Falcons, and, wing mounted bombs, for ground attack?. There must be a story behind this as the 106 was never sent to Vietnam.

Wow! My heart skipped a beat seeing all those C-141s (definitely "A"s). I recognized number 6077 as a plane I once flew! Great aircraft. Sometimes difficult to launch from home base, lots of systems, but once weight was off the wheels it would take you all over the world and back with not a...